nix

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US /nɪks/ UK /nɪks/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to reject or veto; (informal) nothing or no

The board moved to nix the proposed merger.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to reject or veto;... veto reject cancel forbid quash nullify nothing no

Opposites

approve allow accept

Word family

Derived forms nixednixing

Etymology

From German nix, a colloquial variant of nichts ('nothing'), from Middle High German niht; adopted into American English in the 19th century.

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